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03 Jan

Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Misra named prime accused in 5,000-page charge sheet

editor0 CommentsPoliticalfarmer, Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday, January 3, submitted a 5,000-page charge sheet in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The police named Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra Teni’s son Ashish Misra as the prime accused in the case. Eight people were killed on October 3 after violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. Four of the dead were people in cars that were part of a convoy of BJP workers who had come to welcome the…

PM Modi’s Gurpurab gift for farmers

editor0 CommentsIndiafarmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a masterstroke, has today announced the government’s decision to repeal all three farm laws that had stirred countrywide farmer protests. The PM’s decision comes as a gift to farmers on the occasion of Guru Purab (Guru Nanak’s birthday) and has successfully drawn a positive response from farmers, especially from the state of Punjab and Haryana. In his address to the nation, Prime Minister Modi said there might have been some lacking in the government’s efforts that it could not convince the farmers how beneficial are the three farm laws but today is ‘Prakash Parv’ and…

Farmer unions are planning the next phase of the agitation as government ‘keeps pretending to ignore them’

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastfarmer, Farmers Protest, INDIA, POLITICS

JANUARY 22 was the last time farmer unions had a meeting with the Union government over farm laws. For 77 days now, there has been no formal discussion between the two sides. But farmer unions are planning the next phase of the agitation mindful of the fact that government seems ready to play the waiting game to tire out the protesters. Famer leader and SKM member Rakesh Tikait said, ‘’Yes, we have had no talks with government after January 22. Now we are busy in making the entire country aware of these deadly farm laws. This aandolan is spreading in the whole…